Africa's Development And Mental Slavery Pt3

Like so many Ghanaians, I was raised in the Christian Faith with an understanding of a God, who sits supremely in heaven. Attending church on Sundays became something customary. I would go to church, and pray to a blue eyes Jesus to forgive me of my transgressions. It never quite occurred to me how foreign this religion was-until I became a man into my own. Years later, I would come to marvel at the sheer power of this religion, and its sway over particularly Black people. Undoubtedly, Black people do have a very religious nature. Better said, Black people are extremely God fearing. The mere mention of God in the presence of Black people would get you their immediate attention. Perhaps it must be this innate fascination for God by Black people, which has made Black people susceptible to all kinds of deception wrought in the name of God-who or whatever God is.

Nobody really knows either when, or where organized religion emerged. However, what we do know is that it was created by men to spiritually hold dominion over the souls of other men. The Christian religion was created by Caesar in ancient Rome. See, Caesar wanted one official religion for the whole Roman empire. Mind you, the Roman empire was home to many Religions due to the diversity of its citizenry. You had the Jews with their Judaism, and the Africans from Egypt worshiping their sun god called Ra. These aforementioned religions were the two most import, and recognizable religions in Rome. Simply because; both the Jewish, and the African citizenry in ancient Rome were extraordinary rich and influential.

Caesar wanted absolute power for himself. Moreover, Caesar wanted to be worshiped like a god, and every god needs a religion. He would achieve this purpose by creating a new religion out of the already two existing main religions in Rome. So how did Caesar go about with this plan? He concocted a way to merge Judaism with the Egyptian religion, which celebrated the worship of the sun to form one official religion for the whole Roman empire. This merger gave birth to what we have now come to know as Christianity. What is also worth adding is that with this new religion came a new calender. The original calender, which hitherto consisted of nine months became twelve. Three more months were added to the original calender by this Roman emperor himself. The months, which were added were June, July and August. June was for the Roman goddess of fertility called Junis. July was for Gaius Julius Caesar-the great uncle of Caesar himself. And August was for the emperor Julius Caesar Augustus himself.

Christianity, however, continued to thrive and flourish, when the Roman empire came to an end. Christianity became the religion of the Western world. The British empire became Christianity's unofficial ambassador to the far ends of the world. The more the British empire expanded, the more Christianity became a force to reckon with. Now, you may ask; what has Christianity got to do with Africans? The answer to this question is; absolutely nothing. The colonialists brought this religion to weaken our spirits so that they could gain access to our minds. Once the mind is under control-the heart and the body would eventually follow suit.

Also, Christianity equals to White supremacy. Chairman Mao of communist China was told the Dalai Lama of Tibet that religion poisons the free thinking mind. I have every reason to believe that what Chairman Mao said is true. The free thinking mind is an indispensable tool, which is most needed for any type of creative endeavor. However, in order for the mind to envision what it seeks to create, its freedom must be in order. Friedrich Nietzsche once said that "when the doors of our perception are cleansed, we will see things as they are as opposed to what they are not."